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New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium IV

  • 1st Edition - November 4, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Wim During, Ray Oakey, Seleema Kauser
  • Language: English

This eleventh volume derived from the Annual International High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) Conference, and the edited book series of which it forms part, is a detailed… Read more

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This eleventh volume derived from the Annual International High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) Conference, and the edited book series of which it forms part, is a detailed testimony to the progress of academic research on this specialist, but highly important, area of industrial activity. In particular, research from this series is intended to provide a basis for new "evidence-based" government policy, although governments in many developed economies have often been seduced by "fads", in circumstances where policy solutions are crudely adopted without convincing evidence of their efficacy. None the less, it is most important for academics, although they may be occasionally ignored, to continue to pursue independent research of the type contained within this series in order to provide research-based policy options, and commentary on the quality of the current policy environment for HTSFs in different national contexts.

As in the case of previous volumes in this series, the current collection of papers inform many issues important to policy as governments seek to promote HTSF formation and growth. In this volume individual papers are grouped into three main sections; these are "Theory", "Strategy" and "Clustering and Spin Off Firms". Regarding Theory, all five papers grouped under this heading are concerned, either with high technology entrepreneurship in general, or academic high technology small firm entrepreneurship in particular, with four of the five papers strongly focussed on academic entrepreneurial examples. The Strategy section is again comprised of five papers, which broadly explore how diverse business ideas are operationalised in terms of strategy.

A long standing interest in academic spin-offs in this book series has been more recently re-invigorated by a sudden interest in clustering which, through the related topics of incubation, science park formation and sub-regional high technology clustering has prompted linked research on the formation and growth of HTSFs in specialist locations, mainly through spin off. In the final Clustering and Spin Off section, the four individual papers are either concerned with how "spin offs" can contribute to HTSF cluster growth in industrial districts, or in the environs of major core regional universities.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction. (R. Oakey, W. During, S. Kauser). Theory. Chapter 2: Knowledge Creation, its Transfer, and the Role of Science Enterprise Education: A Research Agenda. (E. Chell, R. Oakey). Chapter 3: Developing Entrepreneurial Capability to Facilitate Academic Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialisation. (S. Cooper, L. Hetherington). Chapter 4: The Territorial Development of Innovation Support Assets Through University / Business Interactions: Towards A Dynamic Model. (P. Benneworth, S. Dawley). Chapter 5: Towards a Model of Opportunity Recognition and Development in Entrepreneurial Hi-Tech Start-Ups. (J.S. Park). Strategy.Chapter 6: Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurs' Intentions and Objectives. (T. Quince, H. Whittaker). Chapter 7: Strategic Operation Concerns of UK Biotechnology Companies. (Yuen Yoong Leong, Yongjiang Shi). Chapter 8 - High Technology Small Firms: Instilling Innovation and Creativity. (N. O'Regan, A. Ghobadian). Chapter 9: Venture Leasing as an Alternative Source of Financing for High Technology Small Firms – An Explorative Empirical Study Among German High Technological, Leasing and Venture Capital Companies. (S. Golla, S. Kramer, H. Klandt). Chapter 10: SMEs in the E-business and Knowledge Management Era. (S.C.L. Koh, S. Maguire).
Clustering and Spin Off Firms. Chapter 11: Clustered High Technology Small Firms and Innovation Networks: The Case of Post-Production in London. (G.A.S. Cook, N.R. Pandit). Chapter 12: HTSFs in Peripheral, Knowledge Intensive Areas: An In-Depth Analysis in Pisa. (A. Di Minin, M. Lazzeroni, A. Piccaluga). Chapter 13 - Alliance Business Models for University Start-up Technology Ventures: A Resource Based Perspective. (T. Minshall). Chapter 14: Needs of Start-up Technology-Driven Enterprises: Starting Point for Governmental Policy. (A. Groen, I. Jenniskens, P. van der Sijde). Chapter 15: The Role of International Co-operation in University Technology Transfer – The Case of The Ural State Technical University. (D. Akhmetova, G. Lekhova). Chapter 16: The Impact of Science Park and Incubator Location on the Finance Opportunities of Technology-based Small Firms. (F. Ullah, P. Taylor).

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  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 29, 2005
  • Language: English

About the editors

WD

Wim During

Affiliations and expertise
University of Twente, The Netherlands

RO

Ray Oakey

Affiliations and expertise
University of Manchester, UK

SK

Seleema Kauser

Affiliations and expertise
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.